Mark is chair of the firm's Government Relations and Public Policy Practice Group. A long-time political strategist, corporate executive and former trial lawyer, Mark focuses his advocacy practice on providing high-level strategic advice and services to clients with needs at any level of government in the U.S. and Canada. He is based in Portland, but maintains a significant practice in Washington, DC.

Mark conducts a bi-partisan federal practice on a wide range of issues working closely with Oregon’s Congressional delegation. He has developed a cutting edge, national practice in the area of animal health, animal welfare policy and veterinary medicine. This practice involves Congress, federal agencies, state governments, as well as Mexico and Canada. For more information, visit www.animalpolicygroup.com.

Mark first joined Tonkon Torp in 1983, where he built a significant litigation practice, before leaving to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities on the East Coast. His litigation clients have included the Portland Trailblazers, technology firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, major retail and consumer companies, franchise firms, manufacturers, distributors, media companies and professional firms.

As president of AWI, Inc., a large government lottery software system and manufacturing firm in Atlanta, he introduced AWI to new government markets in the U.S. and Canada. He also was responsible for a substantial outside legal and lobbying budget and initiatives in more than twenty states and provinces.

A former special assistant to the governor of Oregon, Mark most recently practiced as a partner in the Washington, DC office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, representing a wide range of private and public clients before Congress and the Executive Branch, in particular the U.S. Department of Agriculture.